Pinoys who want to avail of the program are urged to drop by at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) at the embassy. "Sa mga kamag-anak nila, pwede ring dumulog sa amin sa OWWA," he said.

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Cacdac said there are 251,000 documented OFWs working in Kuwait. Of that number, 163,000 are employed as household service workers. However, there is no data on the number of undocumented Pinoys in Kuwait.

Repatriated OFWs, Cacdac said, will receive a livelihood assistance of P20,000 and P5,000 cash from the government.

On Monday, the Philippine government ordered a total deployment ban of OFWs to Kuwait following a series of deaths of Pinoy workers.